Lunar Eclipse

[gerryh]

Tonight is a full moon and a total lunar eclipse at about 10:15 PM.
Should be a nice clear sky for it.
Cheers
Gerry

[julian]

in saw in the paper the other day that it was wednesday night, maybe an action replay tomorrow ?

whenever there is an eclipse we are told that it only happens every 200 years or so, but we seem to have eclipses every few months !!

[bob]

June 15, 2011
lunar
total
South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia

July 1, 2011
solar
partial
Indian Ocean

Nov. 25, 2011
solar
partial
Antarctica

Dec. 10, 2011
lunar
total
Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, North America

[gerryh]

OOPS!
I meant to say it is tomorrow night, Wednesday.
Cheers
Gerry

[knowal]

Thanks Gerry, let's hope it is clear tomorrow evening.

[avellana]

Some info here

http://www.meteorwatch.org/2011/06/13/t ... june-2011/

[ken2]

More here.
http://www.eclipse-live.com/?lang=en

[markwilding]

I missed it because it was cloudy

[gerryh]

Clear sky here but from where I live the moon rose eclipsed and the sky wasn't fully dark. It was only later, when the moon started to come out of the eclipse that I could see the moon.
Cheers
Gerry

[Campo Steve]

No cloud here but as I live in a valley it had all finished by the time it rose above the skyline.

Did anyone see it?

[hiker]

We saw it from Frigiliana, last night.
It was very low in the sky in the east, a dark orange in clour and difficult to make out. The time was between 10.30pm and 11pm.
As it rose in the sky it began to clear.
very interesting....

[Martin Page]

well that was a damp squib ... it was below the horizon at 10:15 ...
by the time it was above .. it was in the umbra ... so you only got to see the last moments of it as a red glow - ah well !

[gavilan]

I saw it start to finish from here ... fascinating.

[Campo Steve]

I saw it start to finish from here ... fascinating.

Give us a clue. Where is here?

[gavilan]

in the valley to the north of Alcaucin, Axarquia Alta

[Campo Steve]

I really just meant which country.

Guess your valley must point the right way. Last night the moon rose above the highest bit of the hill opposite us, too late for us to see the eclipse.

[gavilan]

The last few nights the moon has been rising up behind the lower slopes of the Sierra Tejeda exactly opposite/south south east of me ... so it was easy to see the eclipse.

[Miro]

Was watching telly last night and happened to look out the window. Hadn't seen this thread, or anything about it, but said to 'er indoors "Oooh, looks like a lunar eclipse going on!" Saw the whole thing, and nearly missed who got fired. Hard to say which was the more exciting.

[Campo Steve]

Just heard from my neighbour that it was at 11:15, not 10:15 and he saw it. I had given up by then.

Note to self - check times properly next time.

[gerryh]

It was probably bout 11.15 before I could see any of it because of the hill and the sky too light. But it had already passed the total eclipse stage by then.
Cheers
Gerry